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Originally Posted by rumrumm

Something tells me you were listening to a bench racing bull sh*tter. (Unless of course it has twin turbos and nitrous. Highly unlikely.)

here is an example of "small block power"

1991,92 and 93 Camaros in the SCCA Trans AM championship had:

4.055 bore and 3 inch stroke, thats a 310 ci
that made over 600 HP with an engine speed of 8,000 rpm
Fully ported 42 cc bowtie heads, 13.5:1 CR

Now before you say it, I know it takes "more money to get you there than a 350" but I am just making the point that it is possable.

That was my point ,anything is possible,but unless you want the glory of a 327 and not the glory of hp,then at the end of the day and money spent,the only glory the 327 has is in its history.I will show ya how it works,if you have engine thats 369 1/5 cubic inches and you go out to the local parkin lot and pull the front tires off the ground by simply punchin it down to the floor and stop to let the kids on there bicycles look at it and tell em thats got a 369 1/5 in it and then they hear more STORIES about one of these engines ,then the hot motor when they grow up will be the 369 1/5 motors.Heres some more,the one that pulled the tires off the ground was some ones race car that had 20 grand in the motor,now to those kids ,all 369 1/5 motors are that powerful,see where I am goin?Now picture the biggest motor being a 269 ci and all of a sudden theres a new kid on the block the ""327"" everyone will tell how this is the biggest motor around and all the hotrodders will flock to get it and have the most cubic inches ,now take the fact of when these stories started,around that time,and the fact it was the newest biggest baddest thing since sliced bread.These hot rodders soon found the 350 the 396 the 427 and so new stories stopped being told of the 327 and its lack of power compared to the newer larger motors ,instead of telling new stories of how little power the 327 had compared to the 427 ,which anyone who saw or drove a 427 already knew,they told new stories of 350s and 396s.so the only remaining stories of the 327 are the glory stories.The stories are all thats left of the 327 glory ,other than actually having a 327 for the glory of the 327,the new glory is the fuel injected forced induction engines.4 ,5 or 600 hp daily drivers that get 20-30 mpg and run for 100 to 150,000 miles.